From: L' Ermit (lhermit@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 08:22:25 MST
Richard mentioned:
I suppose it could simply be support for a democratic nation against a
militant and fanatical Islamic block, but that hardly seems commensurate
with paying out massive amounts of financial support to many of Israel's
staunchly undemocratic neighbours). Or am I complicating the issue?
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Hermit comments and suggests that Richard is perhaps missing the "key" to
disentangling this particular Gordian knot:
The US only has interests - not policies, and the interests of the
fundamentalists in this case aligns with the interests of the "Jewish
liberals" upon whose support the Democrats rely.
The theft of the Palestine by the Israelis, aided and abetted by the
Christian Fundamentalists of the US (and other Christian Fundamentalists
around the world) was quite "logical" from said Fundamentalists' perspective
as it is a necessary prequel to the Armageddon which said fundamentalists
see as required to make the drug-induced nightmares of Revelations occur to
restore their gods to life.
Given that the Republican's rely on the fanatical fundamentalist 30% of the
US population for their power base, and that Dubya is seen as the "natural
leader" of this group, I find their support for Israel completely
understandable. The simple fact that the Democrats rely on the support of a
group whose relatives are cherished by the Republicans ensures that the
Democrats have the same "interests" - which is why Israel will continue to
thrive under either party.
A country where more than 50% of the native population has been driven out
of the country and is living in internment camps in other countries, and
where the other 50% of the native population are voteless and marginalized
by the terror of being assaulted by heavy weaponry (in large supplied by the
US) hardly meets the usual modern definition of "democratic." In fact, if it
were not for the above, Israel would undoubtedly be labeled a "terrorist
nation" by the US. As it is, Israel has grabbed Bush's rhetoric of
"unlimited warfare against terrorists" and is cheerfully applying it to
their treatment of the Palestinians - while the "democratic" nations look on
and cheer.
Given that Israel soaks up 60% of all US foreign aid at some $5 billion plus
per year, with the rest scattered over the entire globe, it seems strange to
see reference to "massive amounts" of financial support to her neighbors.
Perhaps it is rather that US aid to Israel's very undemocratic neighbors,
comprises the payment of the minimum necessary Danegeld - which would be
politically unacceptable within Israel if it were made directly by Israel -
and besides, it is cheaper to let the "Yanks" do it for so long as they are
willing. Given all the above, this might be a very long time.
This would all be quite incomprehensible without recognizing the religious
motivations underpinning the fact that the Jews, as the "chosen people" of
the gods, "can do no wrong" - and when it appears that they are doing wrong,
that this is merely part of the gods' "beautiful plan for mankind".
In the long term, the only real hope for the sorry situation is that the
people of Israel might eventually become horrified at what they themselves
are doing - but while terror rules, blood flows and religious fanaticism
thrives, this is probably too much to hope for.
Regards
Hermit
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